St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929)

Just as Hollywood has its seasonal calendar — summer blockbusters followed by more serious dramas and Oscar contenders in the fall and early winter — the book industry often reserves its heaviest hitters for release at this same time of year. In the summer, the theory goes, consumers are looking for a frothy "beach read." By the fall, we're ready for something with a bit more substance, including literary novels or nonfiction titles that might land on the shortlist for a National Book Award or a Pulitzer Prize.

But unlike Hollywood, which relies heavily on market research and the bankability of stars as predictors of a film's success (if not always its...

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LAS VEGAS — Valentine's Day is for a day of love and kisses and chocolate and roses.
Except on Feb. 14, 1929, in Chicago, which featured Tommy gun bursts, shotgun blasts, pistol shots and headlines of the slaughter of seven gangsters in a South Side...